* Democratic total includes Bernard Sanders, an independent from Vermont, who caucuses with the Democrats. Roger Wicker, formerly the representative of Mississippi's 1st congressional district, was appointed by Governor Haley Barbour on December 31, 2007, to fill the vacancy caused by the December 18 resignation of Trent Lott. What If All States Split Their Electoral Votes. Republican. The 2008 electoral map is above. Which States Split Their Electoral Votes? The same Rasmussen poll showed Cornyn leading Noriega by a narrow four percentage points - 47% to 43%. The split can be edited in this table. Collins. Select a state to learn about its history in the United States Senate With the Democratic Party takeover of Capitol Hill in the 2006 midterm elections, senator Carl Levin had become one of the most powerful people in Washington as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Democrats picked up net gains of eight Senate seats and 21 seats in the House of Representatives on the back of Obama's coattail effect. This marked the first time that Nebraska has split its electoral vote since it moved away from the winner-take-all method in 1992. Image Reproduction Requests. 2012 Election Map: The race for Senate control. Franken announced his candidacy on February 14, 2007, more than 20 months before the election. Popular Democratic former Governor Mark Warner (no relation) was the Democratic nominee for the race. Since 2003 (108th Congress, 1st Session), the Senate has provided interactive seating plans to identify where each of the 100 members sit in the Chamber and which historic desk they use. Senators independent of either party have traditionally chosen for themselves which side of the aisle to sit on. Eleven of the fifty United States governors were up for re-election, as were the governorships of two U.S. territories. Democratic candidates defeated Republican incumbents in Alaska; New Hampshire; North Carolina; Oregon; and, after a lengthy recount process, Minnesota. Incumbent President George W. Bush was ineligible for re-election per the 22nd Amendment, which limits a president to two terms, and incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney declined to run for the office. It only became clear Begich had prevailed when early votes, absentee ballots, and questioned ballots were counted. Senate Catalogue of Graphic Art The Electoral College is the process in which the United States elects its president. The Republican nominee was Rep. Steve Pearce, who represented the more conservative southern part of the state. Setting the popular vote will also set the color of a state, Clicking on a district will set the popular vote to max, Clicking doesn\'t set state color or open menu, This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, F - hold down to quickly fill in districts, D - hold down to fill/disable entire states. Physician Steve Sauerberg of La Grange won the February 5 Republican primary. Senator Pat Roberts sought re-election to a third term. Tom Udall, the popular Representative from New Mexico's 3rd District, was the Democratic nominee. These factors, coupled with a national political climate favorable to Democrats, made the Minnesota Senate race one of the most competitive and closely watched of the cycle. Daniel Lewis ran as a Libertarian candidate for the United States Senate. Ten were elected on November 4, 2008. It was also the first time the Republican Party nominated a woman for Vice President (Sarah Palin, then-Governor of Alaska). [50] The last Democratic senator from Idaho was Frank Church, who was defeated in the Republican landslide of 1980 after serving four terms. Obama received more votes than any candidate in history. Louisiana elected David Vitter in 2004, the state's first Republican senator since Reconstruction, as well as Republican Bobby Jindal as the first Indian-American Governor in the country's history in 2007. Note: The % column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election. senate.gov - Origins wikipedia.org - United States Senate Politics Coronavirus Jan. 6 Riot International Entertainment Business Technology Lifestyle Health A temporary interim senator, Paul G. Kirk, was appointed to the seat of Edward M. Kennedy upon his death. Sununu's 2002 opponent, former Governor Jeanne Shaheen, decided to run and was generally considered to be a very formidable challenger. Lautenberg won re-election, winning 56%-42%. McCain won Nebraska but Obama earned an electoral vote by winning the popular vote in the 2nd Congressional District. The presence of a serious third party candidate further complicated matters. Johnson underwent surgery in December 2006 for a cerebral arteriovenous malformation and was discharged from the hospital on April 30, 2007. Independent. Johnson was re-elected, with 62.5% to Dykstra's 37.5%. While senator Pete Domenici had declared that he would seek re-election in New Mexico, he changed his mind and announced on October 4, 2007, that he was retiring at the end of his current term due to a degenerative brain disorder. [145] He was unopposed in the Republican primary. Former Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander was elected in 2002 to succeed retiring senator Fred Thompson. [96][97] Wicker beat Musgrove 55% to 45%. A September 2007 poll put Inhofe's approval rating at 47%, with 41% disapproving of his performance. [131], On November 6, 2008, Jeff Merkley was projected the winner of the contest, with 48.9% to Smith's 45.6%. But the division has not always been as clearly defined as it is now. [109] The Republican nominee was former Congressman and 1996 senatorial candidate Dick Zimmer. On September 14, 2007, former Veco CEO Bill Allen testified at the trial of former State House Speaker Pete Kott that Veco paid people working to double the size of Stevens's home. Each had voted for the Republican nominee in 2004 and contributed to Obama's sizable Electoral College victory. [154], In the end, John Cornyn won re-election, 55%-43%, John Warner announced on August 31, 2007, that he would not seek re-election for another term. The goal of having two senators per state is to have each state equally represented in the senate. McCains victory in South Carolina, Florida, and in key states on Super Tuesday created an clear path to the nomination. Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the presidential election, by defeating his challenger, Senator John McCain, and the Democrats bolstered their majority in both Houses of Congress. Stevens's conviction on seven felony counts of corruption put his re-election bid in serious jeopardy, coming just over a week before the election, though Stevens appealed the conviction. House forecast in real-time. Map of the 2008 Senate races using the latest state polls. [130], In a July 16, 2008, poll, Merkley overtook Smith for the first time 43% to 41%. On November 29, after being personally recruited by Vitter and former Bush administration official Karl Rove, Kennedy announced plans to challenge Landrieu in 2008.[63][64]. He also secured wins in Colorado, Indiana, Nevada, and New Mexico, which were not reliable parts of the Democratic coalition to that point. Is It Realistic to Abolish the Electoral College? Gordon Smith formally conceded soon afterward. Christian activist Larry Kilgore of Mansfield, Texas, was a Republican challenger for the March 2008 primary election, but Cornyn easily won the Republican primary. Obama argued that deregulation of the financial industry led to risky trading mechanisms contributing to the crisis. [92] Initially, a Mississippi Circuit Court judge sided with Hood, ruling that the election take place on or before March 19, 2008. To win the presidency, a candidate must win a majority of all electors. This was the first presidential election year since 1964 when the Democratic Party won the White House and had coattails in the Senate and House of Representatives. Collins was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2002 over State Sen. Chellie Pingree. Kaufman subsequently announced that he would not seek election to a full term in 2010, effectively making him a caretaker. Senate Map - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times Senate Map Big Board Map Democrat 7 seats gained Majority Party undecided Republican 7 Seats lost 51 needed for majority Includes 39. [27] Rebekah Kennedy of the Green Party was Pryor's only opposition. 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